Evaluating 35 Years of the One-Child Policy
Now that the Chinese government has adjusted the national family planning regulations to allow...
children’s rights
How to Fine a Scrap Collector For Having 10 Children?
Under the current one-child policy, families are fined heavily for having an extra child, as in...
Father’s Day Plea to Educate ‘Illegal’ Children
At The New York Times, Didi Kirsten Tatlow reports on the story of Wang Guangrong, a father who...
1 in 5 Children Live in Rural Villages Without Parents
William Wan at The Washington Post tells the story of China’s “left-behind...
Chinese Boy Receives Prosthetic Eyes
The BBC reports that Guo Bin, a young boy whose eyes were gouged out in a violent attack last...
Who’s Watching Left-behind Children?
Liz Carter at Tea Leaf Nation gives a summary of recent debates among weibo users over the safety and education of China’s 60 million “left-behind” children: As reports of sexual assault and even murder of...
Ministry of Truth: Occupiers, Workers, Molesters
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not report or comment on [information] about...
Ching-Ching Ni: China’s Use of Child Labor Emerges From the Shadows
From the May 13 Los Angeles Times: The Chinese government officially forbids children under 16 from working, but critics say it does little to enforce the law. Statistics are hard to come by, but in some estimates, as many as 10 million school-age children are doing their part to turn China into a low-cost manufacturing […]
Study shows worrying trend of child abuse in China
From Reuters: A landmark survey on violence against children in China shows abuse is more widespread than previously believed and has a lasting effect on mental health… The survey of more than 3,500 adolescents undertaken by the All-China Women’s Federation, Peking University and UNICEF showed more than 50 percent of males taking part and one-third […]
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